Paeonia × suffruticosa is a name used for a group of cultivars of tree peonies that are the result of hybridisation with species exclusively belonging to the subsection Vaginatae. The common name used in China is mǔdān (Chinese: 牡丹).

Tree peony is the vernacular name for the section Moutan of the plant genus Paeonia, or one of the species or cultivars belonging to this section. It consists of shrubs that have perennial aerial woody stems.

Paeonia sect. Moutan. Shrubs to 3.5 m tall; stems always sympodial, the annual shoots dying back at the top. Flowers solitary or several per shoot, Forming a cyme; sepals all caudate at the apex except in Paeonia jishanensis; disk low and fleshy or raised and leathery, enveloping carpels halfway or entirely until mid-anthesis. All diploid with ...

P. × suffruticosa bark root- Moutan cortex is a medicinal raw material formerly known from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) but less common in official European medicine. It was introduced for the first time in the European Pharmacopoeia Supplement 9.4 in 2018.

Shrubs up to 2 m tall. Flowers solitary on top of branches, not in a cyme. Disk leathery, enveloping carpels by half or entirely until mid- anthesis. Carpels mostly 5, less often 3 or 4 in number. Paeonia decomposita (Hand.-Mazz.)

Sep 16, 2024 · Mu Dan Pi (chinese name: 牡丹皮), also known as moutan cortex or tree peony bark, is a traditional Chinese herb that has been used for centuries in herbal medicine. It is derived from the root bark of the tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), a …

Mu Dan Pi also known as Cortex Moutan is the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa, which is a deciduous and woody undershrub belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. It is a relatively practical and common Chinese herbal medicine, which first appeared in <Shennong Ben Cao Jing> in the late Western Han Dynasty (around 100 BCE).

Yin-deficient heat: Mu Dan Pi treats this imbalance to relieve steaming bones sensations, nighttime fevers, the absence of perspiration, and thirst. Typical patients with these symptoms are women experiencing menopause.

White peony and moutan are described as treatments for deficiency heat; while red peony is described as a treatment for excess heat. Still, red peony may possess the tonic properties of white peony and should be as suitable as moutan for treating deficiency conditions, while moutan is not depicted as having any tonic properties.

Sep 23, 2016 · The Effect of Cortex Moutan Property. Bitter, pungent, light cold; heart, liver and kidney meridians entered. Actions. Clear heat and cool blood, activate blood and resolve stasis, reduce deficiency heat. Indications. A. Heat entering nutrient-blood system in warm diseases